Napa Valley, Part 3

I wholly admit...we did a horrible job taking pictures on our vacation.  The rain really put a damper on the desire to hop out of the car & take pictures in front of every winery we visited.  So the rest will have to do...

Our third & fourth night were spent at Mountain Home Ranch.  Trip Advisor, HUGE fail.  Sure, Mountain Home Ranch is quiet & peaceful, but for the money we spent on one of their "nice" cabins, we were sorely disappointed.  The cabins are piecemeal & not the comfortable experience we were picturing.  The proprietors are very nice & cooked us a wonderful breakfast our last morning, but we don't plan to return in future visits.

 Shane, Krystle, & Steve standing in front of the lone wall heater.  I'm pretty sure the heater is vintage 1960's & hadn't been cleaned since installation.  Burning dust was a common smell.

 More rain!

 The Napa Valley Wine Train looked like it might be a fun splurge.

 Many places in Napa Valley have the stamp of approval from Guy Fieri of Diner's, Drive-In's, & Dive's.  We  ate at Putah Creek Cafe & Gott's Roadside Diner, both apparently featured on the show (unknowing to us before we ate at above-mentioned places).

 They had amazing garlic & parsley french fries.

 Our hippy cabin from the front.  What's that...SUN??  Our last day in Napa Valley & the sun came out.

 Look closely at the picture & you'll see airplane propellers.  The propellers are commonly used as fans above the vineyards - when a frost is forecasted, the "fans" are turned on & can move enough air to prevent the frost from settling on the grapes.

 SUNSUNSUNSUNSUNSUN

 Oh look, you can see colors other than gray!

 Common opulence in Napa Valley.

 Not sure what's going on here but the trees just looked cool.

 Another version of the "fan."

Robert Mondavi Winery.  No, we didn't go there.  When you see tour buses in winery parking lots, you lose interest.